Improvement in nails for wire-fences



H. s. SM-Y'I'HE. mus FOR WIRE-FENCES.

Patented 1m. 14,1575.

WITNESSES:

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ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS, FHOTO-LITHDGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C. I

UNITED STATES PATENT CFFICE;

HOMER s. SMYTHE, or AURORA, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN NAILS FOR WIRE-FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 l, 184, dated December 14, 1875 application filed May 31,1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOMER S. SMYTHE, of-

Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Wire-Fence Staple; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompany ing drawing forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view; Fig. 2, a plan view. N

This invention relates to certain improvements in staples for wire-fences; and it consists in a' staple having a short prong with chisel end, and a long prong, the latter of which terminates at one end in a chisel end, and at the other in a beveled head, and is provided with barbed notches to hold it more securely in place.

In the drawing, A represents the staple having the short prong a, which embraces the wire, and the long prong b, which is driven into the post to hold the same. The said prong b has an elevated head, 0, which receives the blows of the hammer, and prevents the bending and mashing of the short prong.

This headris beveled or tapered at f toward hold it secure against accidental withdrawal, I

and its point e is beveled upon both sides to a sharp chisel-edge.

The said chisel-edge, instead of cleaving and splitting the wood, as a point does, cuts the fiber of the same, and when driven in makes more secure connection.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- As anew article of manufacture, a staple for wire-fences, having a short prong, a, with chisel end, and a long prong, b, which latter is provided with an elevated beveled head, a chisel end, and rearwardly-inclined barbed notches, substantially as and forthe p'urpose described. 7

- HOMER S. SMYTHE.

Witnesses:

F. J. RANDALL, R. W. GATEs. 

